Archive for the ‘Mohs Ostentatienne’ tag

* I must be getting old if I don’t know who Neko Case is, but that’s her, and that’s the 1967 Mercury Cougar from the cover photo of her latest album, Middle Cyclone. Now, she’s put the Cougar up for auction, with the proceeds benefiting 826 National, a non-profit group that encourages creative writing by kids. (via)

* Kustom Kulture Australia has a neat story about the Dodge Deora 2, an Australian custom obviously influenced by the Alexander Brothers’ Deora, and how one curious bloke down under found it. (via)

* Ever wonder what it’s like to drive/pilot/helm an Amphicar? Telstar Logistics has such a report from Ben Coifman.

* Newsday recently took a look at high-dollar collector cars and compared the collectors who seek those cars out to other investors. I know, not really news, though they did a good job of capturing that scene as it exists today. What I found most interesting was the comment from James Glickenhaus further down in the article:

“There is a huge business in buying and selling classic cars, and these guys will tell you whatever you want to hear,” says Glickenhaus, whose collection includes seven Ferraris. “To the average person, it is not a good investment.”

* H.A.M.B.er Harms Way recently dug up a series of photos from Life’s photo archive depicting the Detroit-area Chevrolet dealers’ campaign to clear the road of old cars (why? so they can sell more new cars, of course) by pulling already-junked old cars from scrapyards and burning them in a giant bonfire. The cash for clunkers parallels are painfully obvious.

* There’s plenty of operational quarter-scale engines out there, but most of them are scale versions of the small-block Chevrolet V-8, so Bob Finlay’s 3/10-scale Crosley four-cylinder is a bit unique. He’s apparently been working on it for about a year and expects to make it operational soon. Though somebody needs to tell him that the original was cast-iron, not aluminum.

* Yes, it’s a photochop, but it’s an inventive and well-done chop. The chopper, a guy who goes by the name Capsule, deserves credit not only for the work, but also for the idea of turning a Road Runner into a van. I hope to see more such chops with other muscle cars.

* Finally, one of the earliest shorties I’ve yet seen, courtesy the November 1928 issue of Modern Mechanics and Inventions. Felix Vervoort apparently thought that removing length from a vehicle made it perfect for long-distance trips with his pup.